MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons Gameday for Thursday, July 7

Published on July 7, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Thursday, July 7, 2011

Parkview Field * Fort Wayne, Ind.

7:05 p.m. * Game # 84 (14)

Radio: WONE-AM 980

Dayton Dragons (10-3, 45-38) at Fort Wayne TinCaps (4-9, 34-48)

RH Daniel Corcino (8-3, 2.57) vs. RH Zach Cates (2-5, 5.03)

Today's Game: The Dayton Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) meet the Fort Wayne TinCaps (affiliate of the San Diego Padres) in the second game of a three-game series. Season Series: Dayton 8, Fort Wayne 2 (at Fort Wayne: Dayton 5, Fort Wayne 2).

The Streak: The Dragons consecutive game sell-out streak now stands at 814, matching the all-time sports record. The Dragons could break the record held by the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA on July 9.

Last Night: Dayton defeated Fort Wayne 8-5 as the Dragons notched their sixth consecutive win. Dayton came back from a 4-1 deficit to win, scoring five times in the seventh inning to take the lead. Ronald Torreyes and Dominic D'Anna connected on back-to-back home runs in the seventh and Jaren Matthews added a two-run triple to break a 5-5 tie. Drew Hayes recorded his 13th save by getting the final five outs.

Today's Dragons Starting Pitcher: Daniel Corcino makes his 16th start of the season tonight. He was not involved in the decision in his last start on Saturday vs. Bowling Green (6 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO). Corcino pitched one inning in the Midwest League All-Star Game on June 21 at Quad Cities, allowing one run in one inning and suffering the loss. He won six consecutive starts from April 18-May 18. Corcino has been dominant over his last 13 starts (73 IP, 14 ER, 1.73 ERA). Corcino has allowed no runs in five of his last 11 starts. Corcino is a 20-year-old native of the Dominican Republic. He entered the 2011 season rated as the #15 prospect in Reds organization by Baseball America. Corcino has drawn comparisons to fellow Dominican and former Dragon Johnny Cueto because of a fastball that can get into the mid 90 mph range and sub-six foot frame.

Individual Notes

* Jefry Sierra is batting .400 over his last nine games, raising his average from .206 to .231. He has a six-game hitting streak.

* Juan Duran is batting .312 with 4 HR and 17 RBI over his last 23 games, raising his average from .229 to .263. He has 3 HR in his last 5 G.

* Tucker Barnhart is batting .379 over his last nine games to raise his average from .271 to .288.

* Ronald Torreyes has at least two hits in 10 of the 15 games he has appeared in since joining the Dragons, batting .381 overall.

* Billy Hamilton has 60 stolen bases to set the Dragons club record for single-season and career steals. He leads all of professional baseball in steals. Hamilton led the Reds organization in stolen bases (48) in 2010 despite playing in a "short-season" league.

* Drew Hayes over his last 27 G: 32.1 IP, 2 R, 0.56 ERA (14 straight games without allowing a run covering 14.2 innings).

* Daniel Wolford over his last 19 G: 31.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 0.85 ERA.

Team Notes

* The Dragons have won six straight games for the third time this season. They have not won seven straight.

* Dayton is the only Midwest League team with a perfect record in July at 6-0.

* The Dragons are 16-7 over their last 23 games. They have won four straight series to start the second half.

* The Dragons are batting .279 in the second half (13 games) after hitting .241 in the first half (70 games).

* The Dragons have gone 16-8 over their last 24 road games after going 5-13 over their first 18. Their road record is now 21-21.

* The Dragons bullpen ERA for the year is 2.87. The overall team ERA in the second half is 3.03.

* Since April 18, the Dragons have held their opponents to two runs or less in 34 out of 72 games.

* The Dragons are 40-26 in night games; 5-12 in day games.

* The Dragons have stolen 139 bases to tie for the lead in all of professional baseball (Lake Elsinore, California League).

* Dayton has outscored its opponents 163-57 in their last 23 wins. Opponents have scored one run or less in 10 of the last 23 Dragons wins.

* Six members of the Dragons roster are rated among the Reds top 30 prospects according to Baseball America. They include shortstop Billy Hamilton (#2), outfielder Yorman Rodriguez (#5), starting pitcher Kyle Lotzkar (#10), starting pitcher Daniel Corcino (#15), second baseman Ronald Torreyes (#22) and outfielder Juan Duran (#28).

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Dayton time) (All games on WONE 980 AM and www.daytondragons.com)

Friday (7:05 p.m.): Dayton RH Stalin Gerson (2-0, 1.02) at Fort Wayne LH Noah Mull (1-2, 3.35)

Saturday (7:00 p.m.): Dayton RH Daniel Renken (3-8, 3.93) vs. South Bend RH Jeff Shields (4-8, 5.22)

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